RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian food giant BRF, the world’s biggest poultry exporter, said in securities filings that it planned to invest around $496 million to acquire operations in Argentina, Thailand and Britain.The company said in one filing late Tuesday that it had signed a binding offer for the acquisition of a full stake in Eclipse Holding Cooperatief, a Dutch company that controls Campo Austral, a group of firms with pork and cold-cuts operations in Argentina.BRF Read more [...]

One of Spy's favourite power couples, Richie McCaw and Gemma Flynn, have been soaking up the atmosphere in Argentina this week. McCaw is making the most of finally being free from Super Rugby pre-season training and is in South America to support Flynn and the rest of the Black Sticks as they take part in the Hockey World League in Rosario. Flynn used some of her downtime from training to hang out with her beau and check out the sights of Buenos Aires earlier this week.   Bright lights Read more [...]

By Reuters Published: 16:06 GMT, 2 December 2015 | Updated: 16:06 GMT, 2 December 2015 BUENOS AIRES, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Argentina's President-elect Mauricio Macri said on Wednesday that remaining high-level personnel decisions will be settled in a matter of hours, as pressure mounted on central bank chief Alejandro Vanoli to step down.Vanoli, appointed by outgoing leftist President Cristina Fernandez, Read more [...]

Wales will face all four Rugby Championship sides in 2016 with November Tests confirmed against Australia, Argentina and South Africa. Warren Gatland's side, currently ranked fourth in the world, were already scheduled to play a three-Test summer series against world champions New Zealand on the back of a capped Read more [...]

Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner led the official opening ceremony of the Pilcaniyeu uranium enrichment plant on 30 November. President Cristina Fernández toured the Pilcaniyeu plant during its inauguration(Image: Presidential website) The ceremony was also attended by federal planning minister Julio De Vido and president of the country's National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) Norma Boero. Also attending were the governor of Rio Negro province Alberto Weretilneck and the Read more [...]

Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Petrobras Argentina SA (NYSE:PZE) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday, MarketBeat reports. According to Zacks, “PEREZ COMP -ADR leads a group of companies mainly engaged in the energy sector, this being its main business. Pecom will continue consolidating its position in the businesses where it participates, both in Argentina and abroad, based on the use of state-of-the art technology, Read more [...]

MONTEVIDEO – Uruguay’s Mutante Cine, a key Latin American arthouse hub, has set a rich six-title 2015-16 slate, led by new films from Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge (“So Much Water) and Adrian Biniez (“Gigante,” “El 5 de talleres”), as founders Fernando Epstein and Agustina Chiarino tackle two of Latin America’s hottest-button industry issues: Pan-regional co-production and training. One of Latin America’s most persistent co-producers, and lead producer with Brazil’s Bananeira Read more [...]

Share Barcelona’s Lionel Messi is one of the greatest players in today’s football world. Leo has established records for goals scored and he has won individual awards ‘’en route’’ to worldwide recognition as the one of best player in soccer. Leo was born in Rosario, Argentina and as a young boy he owned impressive football skills. At the age of 8, he was recruited to join the youth system of Newell’s Old Boys, a Rosario-based club. Since then, Messi has been Read more [...]

On November 22, 2015, Mauricio Macri defeated Daniel Scioli in Argentina’s presidential election somewhat narrowly by just under three percentage points. Most analysts called this the triumph of the right over the left. This is not false but it is far too simple. Actually, the election reflected the very complex developments occurring throughout Latin America at the present time. Misreading what is going on can lead to major political errors in the decade to come. The story starts during Read more [...]

President-elect Mauricio Macri is planning to curtail 12 years of left-wing populism in Argentina. He and his cabinet will seek to eliminate currency controls, reach a deal with holdout bondholders and reduce subsidies. He has to do all that with the fiscal deficit at its biggest in three decades, foreign currency reserves at a nine-year low and without a majority in either chamber of congress.Here a who’s-who of the new cabinet responsible for helping him push through those changes.Cabinet Chief Read more [...]